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BOSTON -- Arlington Police Chief Fred Ryan has been selected to lead the MBTA police force, though members of the board that would make the hire want more limits on the contract before approving the appointment."I'm honored to have been offered the job and I look forward to ironing out the details," Ryan told the News Service on Friday.

Stephen Kerrigan won the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor on Tuesday night, defeating Cambridge City Councilor Leland Cheung and nonprofit executive Mike Lake to capture a place on the party’s ticket.